Slade Gorton

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Slade Gorton was an American Republican politician from Washington who served as a U.S. Senator and later as a member of the 9/11 Commission.

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Slade Gorton canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator
human
lawyer
member of the 9/11 Commission
politician
appointedToBody National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
birthDate 1928-01-08
birthPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States
causeOfDeath cancer
conflict Korean War
World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2020-08-19
deathPlace Clyde Hill, Washington, United States of America
surface form: Clyde Hill, Washington, United States
educatedAt Columbia Law School
Dartmouth College
New York University School of Law
familyName Gorton
givenName Thomas
ideology conservatism in the United States
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
nickname Slade
notableWork service on the 9/11 Commission
numberOfChildren 3
officeEnd 1981-01-03 (Attorney General of Washington)
1987-01-03 (first term as U.S. Senator from Washington)
2001-01-03 (second period as U.S. Senator from Washington)
officeStart 1969-01-13 (Attorney General of Washington)
1981-01-03 (first term as U.S. Senator from Washington)
1989-01-03 (second period as U.S. Senator from Washington)
positionHeld Attorney General of Washington
Majority Leader of the Washington House of Representatives
United States senator
member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
member of the Washington House of Representatives
precededBy Daniel J. Evans (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1989)
John J. O'Connell (as Attorney General of Washington)
Warren G. Magnuson
surface form: Warren G. Magnuson (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1981)
religion Episcopal Church
represented Washington
surface form: Washington (state)
representedIn United States Senate
residence Seattle, Washington, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Sally Jean Clark Gorton
succeededBy Brock Adams (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1987)
Ken Eikenberry (as Attorney General of Washington)
Maria Cantwell (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 2001)

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Warren G. Magnuson succeededBy Slade Gorton
Daniel J. Evans (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1989) successor Slade Gorton
subject surface form: Daniel J. Evans
Maria Cantwell (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 2001) precededBy Slade Gorton
subject surface form: Maria Cantwell
Sally Jean Clark Gorton spouse Slade Gorton
Thomas alsoKnownAs Slade Gorton
subject surface form: Thomas Slade Gorton III